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GOAT. No. 284,070. Patented Augz Z8, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON r. SANDLING, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,070, dated August28, 1883,

Application filed October 20, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELsoN I. SANDLING, of the city of Indianapolis,county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Coats, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to produce a coat which can be madefrom less material, quicker, and with less labor than ordinary coats.This object is accomplished by cutting the main portions of the body inequal halves, which meet and are stitched together at the back, on theshoulders, and preferably partly around the collar, as will behereinafter more particularly set forth. The coat so produced isintended for the cheaper class of trade, or for working coats or frocks.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure1 is a plan of the preferred form of the patterns for cutting myimproved coatbody, including the facings; and Fig. 2, an alternate form.The sleevepatterns, being of the ordinary form, are not shown.

In said drawings, the portions of which the coat-body is composed aremarked withthe letter A, those constituting the collar with the letterB, and the facings with the letter 0.

As will be seen by an examination of said.

drawings, the collar is out with the body, and therefore does not haveto be stitched. onto said body, which is one of the parts of the workthat takes the most time in the manufacture of ordinary cheap coats. Thecollar may be out all on the front side of the shoulder-seam, as shownin Fig. 1, or on both sides of said seam, as shown in Fig. 2. I preferthe former, for the reason that the collar is then only divided in oneplace at the back, as in ordinary coats, while in the latter the collaris divided in three places, but does not have to be sewed to the body atany point.

In sewing the coat together the seam up the back is sewed up, bringingthe edges as a to- (No model.)

gether. The seams along the shoulders are then sewed, bringing the edgesa to together. The edges 2) a are then brought together and sewed, ifthe construction is that shown in Fig. 1, and the back seam isthencontinued through the collar by-bringing the edges I) I) together,completing the body of the garment. The

faoings O O are then sewed on, the sleeves (not shown) inserted, liningadded, if desired, and the garment is complete. In all of the drawingsof the main pieces dotted lines show the proper places for the collarportion to fold over.

In Fig. 2 the construction is varied somewhat, and the garment isbroughtinto form by bringing the edges marked .with the come spendingletters of reference together, as be fore.

As will be seen, the cutting of the garment in so few pieces not onlysaves considerable labor in the diminution of the number of seams to besewed, but also saves a considerableportion of the material from whichthegarment is cut, as each seam usually takes an inch or more in widthof the goods.

I am aware that coats have heretofore been produced from one and twopieces, and I there fore do not claim the same, broadly; but,

Having thus fully described my said inven tion, whatI do claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

A coat-body and collar together, composed of two equal portions cut fromthe pattern shown, and. completed by joining the several edges a a, (ofa, b a, b a, and b I), substantially as described, and for the purposesspeci- I NnLsoN r. SANDLING. [L s.]

Witnesses:

O. BRADFORD, E. W. BRADFORD.

